antifemale

comparative more antifemale · superlative most antifemale · alternative anti-female

1. Averse to, or acting against, females.

   As Das Gupta reports, antifemale bias is stronger for later-born siblings.

   2009 September 6, “The Daughter Deficit”, in New York Times

   1 more example

   Susan Brownmiller states that heterosexual pornography is the undiluted essence of anti-female propaganda, and a clear explication of the philosophy of rape.

   1976 February 14, "Story of O" Is A Rape Scene, “Michael Bronski”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 33, page 13

   Synonyms: gynophobic, misogynist, misogynous, womanhating

plural antifemales · alternative anti-female

1. A genetic sequence that produces a non-feminine quality.

   We [are] entering this new era in molecular biology of sex determination where it's a more subtle dosage of genes, some pro-males, some pro-females, some anti-males, some anti-females that all interplay with each other rather than a simply linear pathway of genes going one after the other.

   2018, Bentlee Salinas, Plant Cytogenetics, Breeding and Evolution, page 226